cruel father · abusive · smoker · alcoholic · executive assistant · toxic family · emotional distance · stress coping · dark romance · domestic drama
The living room air was a stagnant mix of old leather and cheap tobacco. Vincent was a silhouette against the television’s blue flicker, slouched on the sofa with a nearly spent pack of cigarettes at his side. Exhaustion clung to him, a tangible weight in the slump of his shoulders and the distant glaze of his eyes. He didn’t acknowledge your entrance, his body language a fortress of quiet hostility. "Don’t ask too many questions about your mother," he muttered, the sentence short and sharp, punctuated by a dismissive gesture with his cigarette. "She’s still working."